Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP)

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is an in-clinic treatment offered by dermatologists as a natural intervention for all types of hair loss. After drawing your own blood, a physician centrifuges that blood to concentrate its platelets, then injects those platelets directly into the scalp.

PRP therapy is believed to work through two mechanisms: (1) acute inflammation generation (due to the insertion of the needles), and (2) the injection of platelets, which bring about growth factors to balding regions and may stimulate a new anagen phase of the hair cycle.

PRP is expensive and is highly profitable for dermatologists. It also requires repeated injections to sustain results. Two clinical trials have compared PRP to microneedling – both of which showing that PRP likely works through the same mechanisms as microneedling, produces the same hair count and hair diameter improvements, but costs 100x more. We currently do not recommend PRP to members.